The Sandman was one of Vertigo's flagship titles, and is available as a series of ten t The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel and Michael Zulli and more, with covers by Dave McKean. Beginning with issue #47, it was placed under the imprint Vertigo.
Ikebana comes from the word ikeru, a Japanese term that translates to âliving,â âarrange flowersâ or âkeep alive.â Flower in Japanese is hana. With the combination of these two terms, the translation could be âarranging flowersâ or âgiving life to flowers.â.
Cherry blossom is speculated to be native to the Himalayas. Currently it is widely distributed, especially in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere including Europe, West Siberia, India, China, Korea, Japan, Canada, and the United States.In the Western world, the cherry blossom symbolizes Japan.anami is the centuries-old practice of picnicking under a blooming sakura or ume tree. The custom is said to have started during the Nara Period (710â794) when it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning.